EU leader reveals bloc's position on G20 boycott
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Ursula von der Leyen spoke against โparalyzingโ the G20 despite calls to boycott the upcoming summit because of Russia
It is better to have a frank face-to-face conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin than boycott the Group of Twenty (G20) summit this year, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen has insisted.
โIt is also important to tell him to his face what we think of him and what we think of this kind of action,โ von der Leyen told the German broadcaster ZDF on Sunday. However, she said there can be no โbusiness as usualโ with Russia after it launched a military campaign in Ukraine in late February....
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Ursula von der Leyen spoke against โparalyzingโ the G20 despite calls to boycott the upcoming summit because of Russia
It is better to have a frank face-to-face conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin than boycott the Group of Twenty (G20) summit this year, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen has insisted.
โIt is also important to tell him to his face what we think of him and what we think of this kind of action,โ von der Leyen told the German broadcaster ZDF on Sunday. However, she said there can be no โbusiness as usualโ with Russia after it launched a military campaign in Ukraine in late February....
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NATO to increase rapid-response forces sevenfold โ Stoltenberg
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The military blocโs chief says the number of high-readiness forces will reach 300,000
NATO will drastically boost the number of its rapid-response combat forces, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday.
โWe will transform the NATO response force and increase the number of our high readiness forces to well over 300,000,โ Stoltenberg told reporters ahead of the blocโs summit in Madrid, Spain later this week.
The NATO Response Force (NRF) currently has around 40,000 personnel.
Stoltenberg said the allies will strengthen their air defenses and increase stockpiles of military supp...
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The military blocโs chief says the number of high-readiness forces will reach 300,000
NATO will drastically boost the number of its rapid-response combat forces, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday.
โWe will transform the NATO response force and increase the number of our high readiness forces to well over 300,000,โ Stoltenberg told reporters ahead of the blocโs summit in Madrid, Spain later this week.
The NATO Response Force (NRF) currently has around 40,000 personnel.
Stoltenberg said the allies will strengthen their air defenses and increase stockpiles of military supp...
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American robot dog set for Ukraine โ media
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Boston Dynamicsโ Spot will clear shells and munitions from around Kiev, according to Foreign Policy report
The US Army has reportedly agreed to provide a robotic dog to help a charity clean up the battlefields in areas around Kiev.
HALO Trust, a US-based demining organization which has received multiple government contracts to work in Ukraine, will reportedly use Spot โ Boston Dynamics' robot dog โ to remove mines, mortar shells and unexploded munitions in formerly Russian-controlled areas near the capital Kiev, according to the groupโs executive director Chris Whatley, who spoke to Foreign Policy.
Whatley claims that in a test session last y...
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Boston Dynamicsโ Spot will clear shells and munitions from around Kiev, according to Foreign Policy report
The US Army has reportedly agreed to provide a robotic dog to help a charity clean up the battlefields in areas around Kiev.
HALO Trust, a US-based demining organization which has received multiple government contracts to work in Ukraine, will reportedly use Spot โ Boston Dynamics' robot dog โ to remove mines, mortar shells and unexploded munitions in formerly Russian-controlled areas near the capital Kiev, according to the groupโs executive director Chris Whatley, who spoke to Foreign Policy.
Whatley claims that in a test session last y...
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Baltic state accused of racially profiling asylum seekers
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Lithuania abuses refugees from Africa and the Middle East as the EU turns a blind eye, Amnesty says
Lithuania has taken a racially-biased and illegal approach towards refugees from Africa and the Middle East, who poured across its border with Belarus last year, Amnesty International said in a damning report on Monday. Adding that Brussels turned a blind eye to the violations.
Amnesty said it was concerned about...
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Lithuania abuses refugees from Africa and the Middle East as the EU turns a blind eye, Amnesty says
Lithuania has taken a racially-biased and illegal approach towards refugees from Africa and the Middle East, who poured across its border with Belarus last year, Amnesty International said in a damning report on Monday. Adding that Brussels turned a blind eye to the violations.
Amnesty said it was concerned about...
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Israelโs government has collapsed again, what does this mean?
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Israel is in for a fifth election in four years, and former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu could score a comeback
Israelโs unlikely eight-party coalition government took the decision to dissolve itself, last Monday, ushering in the fifth round of elections in just four years. An election in which Israeli opposition leader, Benjamin Netanyahu, eyes a comeback and highlights the domestic vulnerabilities of Tel Aviv that its enemies may seek to exploit.
In June of 2021, an unprecedented Israeli coalition government was sworn in after a tenuous period of two years, during which four national elections...
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Israel is in for a fifth election in four years, and former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu could score a comeback
Israelโs unlikely eight-party coalition government took the decision to dissolve itself, last Monday, ushering in the fifth round of elections in just four years. An election in which Israeli opposition leader, Benjamin Netanyahu, eyes a comeback and highlights the domestic vulnerabilities of Tel Aviv that its enemies may seek to exploit.
In June of 2021, an unprecedented Israeli coalition government was sworn in after a tenuous period of two years, during which four national elections...
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If Ukraine loses, democracy loses โ Italian PM
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Amid discontent at home, Mario Draghi declared that โPutin must not winโ
Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi declared on Monday that Western support for Ukraine must continue, and that democracy itself would be imperiled if Kievโs forces lose to Russia.
He didn't explain how his assertion tallies with the fact that the Ukrainian government has banned the country's main opposition party, along with ten others, and had its leader, Viktor Medvedchuk, arrested. Even the US government funded Freedom House pressure group only rates Ukraine as partly free....
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Amid discontent at home, Mario Draghi declared that โPutin must not winโ
Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi declared on Monday that Western support for Ukraine must continue, and that democracy itself would be imperiled if Kievโs forces lose to Russia.
He didn't explain how his assertion tallies with the fact that the Ukrainian government has banned the country's main opposition party, along with ten others, and had its leader, Viktor Medvedchuk, arrested. Even the US government funded Freedom House pressure group only rates Ukraine as partly free....
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New book offers a vivid insider account of how Cold War Soviet and American efforts to ditch their nukes played out
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โDisarmament in the Time of Perestroikaโ by Scott Ritter is a timely lesson on stepping back from the brink
Former US Marine Corps intelligence officer, and RT columnist, Scott Ritter has produced an engaging and timely book that gives an eyewitness account of those Cold War days when ideological foes managed to put the brakes on an out-of-control arms race.
Many people, when confronted with bland Soviet-era terms such as โarms controlโ and โdisarmament,โ may be tempted to stifle a yawn and move on. However, that would be a mistake.
Here is a real page-...
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โDisarmament in the Time of Perestroikaโ by Scott Ritter is a timely lesson on stepping back from the brink
Former US Marine Corps intelligence officer, and RT columnist, Scott Ritter has produced an engaging and timely book that gives an eyewitness account of those Cold War days when ideological foes managed to put the brakes on an out-of-control arms race.
Many people, when confronted with bland Soviet-era terms such as โarms controlโ and โdisarmament,โ may be tempted to stifle a yawn and move on. However, that would be a mistake.
Here is a real page-...
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Zelensky sets deadline for end of Russia-Ukraine conflict โ media
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Speaking to G7 leaders, the president reportedly insisted the fighting must end by winter and called for tougher sanctions on Moscow
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has insisted that the conflict between Russia and Ukraine must be finished by the end of the year. Speaking to G7 leaders on Monday, Zelensky also called for tougher sanctions against Moscow, according to Reuters, which cited two EU diplomats.
Speaking to the leaders of Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the US via video link, Zelensky reportedly stated that Ukrainian troops would have a much harder time fighting against Russian forces...
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Speaking to G7 leaders, the president reportedly insisted the fighting must end by winter and called for tougher sanctions on Moscow
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has insisted that the conflict between Russia and Ukraine must be finished by the end of the year. Speaking to G7 leaders on Monday, Zelensky also called for tougher sanctions against Moscow, according to Reuters, which cited two EU diplomats.
Speaking to the leaders of Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the US via video link, Zelensky reportedly stated that Ukrainian troops would have a much harder time fighting against Russian forces...
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Most rape claims by ousted Ukrainian ombudsman fake โ media
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Reporters investigated statements blaming Russian soldiers for โsexual atrocitiesโ and found little to no evidence
Ukrainian prosecutors have apparently been unable to confirm the vast majority of allegations about โsexual atrocitiesโ allegedly committed by Russian soldiers, claimed by ousted human rights chief Liudmila Denisova. That's according to a Ukrainskaya Pravda report published on Monday, citing various official sources.
Denisova, who had served as Ukraineโs ombudsman since 2018, was fired from her position in late May after a no-confidence...
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Reporters investigated statements blaming Russian soldiers for โsexual atrocitiesโ and found little to no evidence
Ukrainian prosecutors have apparently been unable to confirm the vast majority of allegations about โsexual atrocitiesโ allegedly committed by Russian soldiers, claimed by ousted human rights chief Liudmila Denisova. That's according to a Ukrainskaya Pravda report published on Monday, citing various official sources.
Denisova, who had served as Ukraineโs ombudsman since 2018, was fired from her position in late May after a no-confidence...
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European country warns of โgeneral energy collapseโ
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Gas shortage might put European states in a position where โeven with money, you will not be able to get electricity,โ Montenegro warns
Interruptions to Russian gas supplies and a mass switch to electricity would lead to โa general energy collapseโ in Europe, the prime minister of Montenegro, Dritan Abazovic, claimed on Monday.
Speaking to parliament, Abrazovic recalled recent remarks by German Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck who, amid looming energy difficulties over the winter period, advised his compatriots to spend less time in the shower and to prepare warm clothes.
In Abrazovicโs opinion, if someone from his government...
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Gas shortage might put European states in a position where โeven with money, you will not be able to get electricity,โ Montenegro warns
Interruptions to Russian gas supplies and a mass switch to electricity would lead to โa general energy collapseโ in Europe, the prime minister of Montenegro, Dritan Abazovic, claimed on Monday.
Speaking to parliament, Abrazovic recalled recent remarks by German Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck who, amid looming energy difficulties over the winter period, advised his compatriots to spend less time in the shower and to prepare warm clothes.
In Abrazovicโs opinion, if someone from his government...
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